Lands End to John O'Groats

I assume he means direct!

"Mike Brockhurst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of the
UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

Who can help?

Thanks,
brockie

There's a book by Andrew McCloy (Amazon link: http://tinyurl.com/6zzg3) that
might be helpful. It gives three routes.

It's something that's tempted me, but getting the time to do it? I'll have
to wait til I retire!

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A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of the
UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

Who can help?

Thanks,
brockie

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A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of the
UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

He wants to find his way from Lands End to John O' Groats but he can't
find routes? This is not looking good...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Lands+End+to+John+O%27+Groats+route&meta=

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He wants to find his way from Lands End to John O' Groats but he can't
find routes? This is not looking good...

He was probably hoping to avoid the M5/M6. 8>.

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Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the
wonderful person Geoff Berrow <[email hidden]> said
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He wants to find his way from Lands End to John O' Groats but he can't
find routes? This is not looking good...

He was probably hoping to avoid the M5/M6. 8>.

Walking would probably be quicker than driving!

Mike Brockhurst said:

A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of the
UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

Who can help?

By road? Or by footpath? If the latter then getting a copy of
"Hamish's Groats End Walk" from the library could give him a few
ideas. If the former then he has my sincere commiserations.

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Hi Mike,

Mike Brockhurst said:

A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of the
UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

There is a book by John Hillaby :

From : http://www.zebra.net/~ernie.seckinger/1999.htm

"John Hillaby: Journey Through Britain: By footpath & track. A unabridged
Recorded Books. A most incredible tale of a simple walk through Britain from
Cornwall to the tip of Scotland. It let me know that I had miles to go before I
could say I understood British geography, but inspired me to do that. One always
loves mentions of ancestral places: his mention for me the Quantock Hills."

It is not very recent, but it should give you some ideas.
Mind you, he did loose a couple of toe nails in the process...

Koen.

In message <[email hidden]>, Koen Velle <"Koen
Velle"@?.?.invalid> writes

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Hi Mike,

Mike Brockhurst said:

A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length
of the UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful
information about routes etc?"

There is a book by John Hillaby :

From : http://www.zebra.net/~ernie.seckinger/1999.htm

"John Hillaby: Journey Through Britain: By footpath & track. A
unabridged Recorded Books. A most incredible tale of a simple walk
through Britain from Cornwall to the tip of Scotland. It let me know
that I had miles to go before I could say I understood British
geography, but inspired me to do that. One always loves mentions of
ancestral places: his mention for me the Quantock Hills."

It is not very recent, but it should give you some ideas.
Mind you, he did loose a couple of toe nails in the process...

Koen.

Journey Through Britain is excellent but certainly not very recent. It
was published in 1968. Also worth reading is Hamish Brown's Groats End
Walk.

The book for planning an End to End walk is Andrew McCloy's The Land's
End to John O'Groats Walk: A Guide to Planning the Ultimate Footpath
(Cordee, 2002).

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Journey Through Britain is excellent but certainly not very recent. It
was published in 1968. Also worth reading is Hamish Brown's Groats End
Walk.

I found it inspirational.. but disappointing as it was unevenly paced,
Northern England and Scotland went by in a blur.....

Richard Webb

On 16/2/05 6:27 pm, in article [email hidden], "Mike

Brockhurst said:

A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of the
UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

Who can help?

Thanks,
brockie

I'd do a google search. I'm sure that there some people on the web who have
done this. I seem to remember that route choosing is something of a mammoth
task!

My advice would be not to do it! I'd suggest traversing the length of the
Pyrenees instead (it will be far more pleasant!).

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In message <[email hidden]>, RJ Webb
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Journey Through Britain is excellent but certainly not very recent. It
was published in 1968. Also worth reading is Hamish Brown's Groats End
Walk.

I found it inspirational.. but disappointing as it was unevenly paced,
Northern England and Scotland went by in a blur.....

Whether Hillaby lost interest or ran out of space (publisher's word
limits) I don't know but I agree Scotland doesn't get enough attention.
With both Hillaby and Brown I think the books aren't so good once they
leave the Pennine Way, one heading north, the other south.

Hillaby was my personal inspiration as it was the book that inspired me
to undertake long distance walks.

Quoted message said:

There is a book by John Hillaby :

From : http://www.zebra.net/~ernie.seckinger/1999.htm

"John Hillaby: Journey Through Britain: By footpath & track. A

unabridged

Quoted message said:

Recorded Books. A most incredible tale of a simple walk through

Britain from

Quoted message said:

Cornwall to the tip of Scotland. It let me know that I had miles to

go before I

Quoted message said:

could say I understood British geography, but inspired me to do that.

One always

Quoted message said:

loves mentions of ancestral places: his mention for me the Quantock

Hills."

Quoted message said:

It is not very recent, but it should give you some ideas.
Mind you, he did loose a couple of toe nails in the process...

Koen.

The most "difficult" section I'd imagine is linking the Pennine Way to
Shropshire and points south. I haven't done Lands End to John O'Groats,
but have done a walk from Sussex to Edale by way of Shropshire and
could recommend a route heading SW via Whaley Bridge, Shining Tor,
Macclesfield Forest and the Gritstone Trail to Mow Cop then SW again
passing west of Stoke to Newport, then the Wrekin and Shropshire hills.
Then you could cut SE over the Malverns to the Cotswolds and head
towards Bath and the south-west.

Nick

"Mike Brockhurst" <[email hidden]> wrote

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A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of

the

Quoted message said:

UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information about
routes etc?"

Here's a site I've just noticed I bookmarked a while ago which seems to have
detailed information even if the route looks a bit odd from a glance at the
map. Not that I'm planning such a walk, I was just interested in the
Scottish bit.

http://www.cus.org.uk/~discjirm/walks/Named/LEJOG/index.html

Thanks All...he's bought the Hamish book!

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"Mike Brockhurst" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

A friend has asked "I am beginning to think about walking the length of

the

Quoted message said:

UK from North to South. Can you direst me to any useful information
about
routes etc?"

Here's a site I've just noticed I bookmarked a while ago which seems to
have
detailed information even if the route looks a bit odd from a glance at
the
map. Not that I'm planning such a walk, I was just interested in the
Scottish bit.

http://www.cus.org.uk/~discjirm/walks/Named/LEJOG/index.html

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Here's a site I've just noticed I bookmarked a while ago which seems to have
detailed information even if the route looks a bit odd from a glance at the
map. Not that I'm planning such a walk, I was just interested in the
Scottish bit.

http://www.cus.org.uk/~discjirm/walks/Named/LEJOG/index.html

Aha, fame at last ;-)

My route is <ahem> unusual; not many LE-JOGers would choose to go via
London and Cambridge, but mine was a sectional walk. I am based in
Cambridge, and I therefore realised I could do everything from Reading
to Edale in day walks. I also passed by the place I was born, the
house of a dear friend, four places I used to live, etc. Since then I
have done LEJOG around the coast (both ways) - a little over 3,000
miles for the west coast.

..David.
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